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February 22-23, 2005 | Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC
PRESENTATIONS
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
9:00 am Retreat Introduction and Perspectives from CDI
Dr. Melvyn Ciment 
Senior Science Advisor and Senior Associate, EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) & Managing Director, CS Cubed Group
9:25 am Perspectives from NSF: ERCs
Dr. Bruce Kramer
Senior Advisor for Engineering, Division of Engineering Education and Centers, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation
10:05 am Perspectives from NSF: STCs
Dr. Dragana Brzakovic
Staff Associate, Office of the Director/Office of Integrative Activities, National Science Foundation
10:45 am Break
11:15 am Panel 1: Pre-Center Formation Strategies and Issues
Sample Issues:
- Faculty recruitment and start-up
- Long-term hiring practices and instrumentation investments
- “Building blocks” for centers (e.g., FRG, NIRT, IGERT)
- Role for consultants
Dr. Dan Edie, Chair
Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical Engineering and Former ERC Director, Clemson
Univeristy (Clemson is lead of the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, an ERC since 1998.)
Dr. Ulrich Strom
Program Director, Division of Materials Research, Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation
Dr. David Sellmyer
George Holmes University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and MRSEC Director, University of Nebraska (UNL is lead of the Center for Materials Research and Analysis, a MRSEC since 2002.)
Dr. Greg Salamo
University Professor of Physics and MRSEC Co-Director, University of Arkansas (U. Arkansas is co-lead [with U. Oklahoma] of the Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures, a MRSEC since 2000.)
12:30 pm Lunch Presentation
Dr. Karl Reid
Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, and I/UCRC Director, Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma State is lead of the Web Handling Research Center, an I/UCRC since 1986.)
1:30 pm Panel 2: Proposal Development
Sample Issues:
- Putting together research teams and ideas
- Financial requirements and physical space
- Education, outreach, and diversity
- Role for consultants
Dr. Michael Silevitch, Chair
Robert D. Black Professor of Engineering and ERC Director, Northeastern University (Northeastern is lead of the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, an ERC since
2000.)
Dr. Bala Subramaniam
Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and ERC Director, University of Kansas (KU is lead of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, an ERC since 2003.)
Dr. Lester Gerhardt
Acting Dean, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI is a core partner in the Center for Power Electronics Systems [lead: Virginia Tech], an ERC since 1998, and in the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems [lead: Northeastern University], an ERC since 2000. Dr. Gerhardt sits on the Board of both centers.)
Dr. Edwin Abbott
Senior Associate, EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) & Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm Panel 3: External Stakeholders
Sample Issues:
- Involving and leveraging industry and state governments
- What industry gets from NSF centers; industry recruitment and retention
- Role and importance of state involvement in NSF centers
- Links between centers and state economic development efforts
Dr. Denis Gray, Chair
Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University (Dr. Gray works with several I/UCRCs and is the Coordinator of Social Sciences Program at the Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes Center at UNC/NCSU, an STC since 2000.)
Dr. David Roessner
Associate Director, Science and Technology Policy Program, SRI International
Carl Rust
ERC Associate Director, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech is lead of the Packaging Research Center, an ERC since 1994.)
Dr. Everett Baucom
ERC Deputy Director, University of North Carolina (UNC is lead of the Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes center, an STC since 2000.)
4:30 pm Adjourn Day 1
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
9:00 am Invited Lecture
Dr. Alan Leshner
Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
9:30 am Panel 4: Effective Center Management Techniques
Sample Issues:
- Effective center management best practices
- Role of external advisory boards
- Diversity
- Education and Outreach
- Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Dr. Lester Gerhardt, Chair
Acting Dean, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI is a core partner in the Center for Power Electronics Systems [lead: Virginia Tech], an ERC since 1998, and in the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems [lead: Northeastern University], an ERC since 2000. Dr. Gerhardt sits on the Board of both centers.)
Bernie Dempsey
STC Chief Administrative Officer, UCLA (UCLA is lead of the STC in Embedded Networked Sensing, an STC since 2002.)
Dr. Chris Le Maistre [Additional Notes]
STC Managing Director, University of California at Santa Cruz (UC-Santa Cruz is lead of the Center for Adaptive Optics, an STC since 2000.)
Dr. Denis Gray
Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University (Dr. Gray works with several I/UCRCs and is the Coordinator of Social Sciences Program at the Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes center at UNC/NCSU, an STC since 2000.)
10:45 am Break
11:15 am Panel 5: Sustainability Plans and Future Opportunities
Sample Issues:
- Planning for sustainability
- Transformative role of NSF centers on universities
Dr. Joe Thompson, Chair
Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Former ERC Director, Mississippi State Univeristy (Mississippi State is lead of the ERC for Computational Field Simulation, an ERC since 1990.)
Dr. Dan Edie
Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical Engineering and Former ERC Director, Clemson
Univeristy (Clemson is lead of the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, an ERC since 1998.)
Dr. Phil Stewart
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Interim ERC Director, Montana State University (Montana State is lead of the Center for Biofilm Engineering, an ERC since 1990.)
Carl Rust
ERC Associate Director, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech is lead of the Packaging Research Center, an ERC since 1994.)
12:30 pm Lunch Presentation
Dr. Nathaniel Pitts
Director, Office of Integrative Activities, National Science Foundation
1:30 pm Panel 6: Importance of Centers to Universities (esp. EPSCoR) / Challenges
Sample Issues:
- What NSF centers enable at universities (esp. EPSCoR universities)
- Centers as vehicles for local economic development
- Recruitment of faculty and students
Dr. Prem Paul, Chair
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dr. Jerome Odom
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Former Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of South Carolina
Dr. Shaik Jeelani
Vice President for Research, Tuskegee University
2:30 pm Concluding Panel Discussion: Building Centers Leadership in EPSCoR States
Findings and Recommendations on Best Practices and Investment Strategies of Universities, States, and Federal Agencies
Dr. Robert Barnhill, Chair
President Emeritus and Senior Scholar, KU Center for Research, University of Kansas
Dr. Joe Thompson
Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Former ERC Director, Mississippi State Univeristy (Mississippi State is lead of the ERC for Computational Field Simulation, an ERC since 1990.)
Dr. Melvyn Ciment
Senior Science Advisor and Senior Associate, EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) & Managing Director, CS Cubed Group
Dr. Edwin Abbott
Senior Associate, EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) & Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University
Dr. Philip Harriman
Senior Associate, EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI)
Dr. Nathaniel Pitts
Director, Office of Integrative Activities, National Science Foundation
4:00 pm Adjourn Day 2
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